Ripping-needle.



G. A. LEWIS.

RIPPING NEEDLE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1913.

1 98 579 Patented June 2, 1914.

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avwa mto'a 'Gusfa v6 A.Lew2'o" wi/iiweoow r 1% 45, a J, I p f) To allwhom it may concern lde own that l, snhjiect oil the of circa; siding;eat Tron, in the county of 5 end e of l cw Yer-h hove invented certainnew and useful llinprovenients in ping-l leedles; and it do declere thefollowto he s ill, clesr end eitect descr ion the llllfii ion snch aswill enahle on iers l the art which it nse the some enti i1 rela rippingne dles tor s n u tine oh' ect t is to s needle cl this character ringit chisel shspcd point to rapidly cnt stitches formed hi; or machinewithout injnrin the itahric.

5:: 0 Another is provide on instrument this cherscter which is designedto telre the place oil the ordinary sewin needle of the ewing machineend to he operated hy the letter.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists of certainnovel lectures of construction and the combination and arrsngernent outparts as will he more telly descrihed end claimed in the accompanyingdi'swings: Figure l is a perspective View of the hes-d oi" o sewing;machine showing my improved rippingneedle applied thereto; Fig. 2 is anenlarged edge View oil the rippingneedle; 3 is an enlarged side viewthereof; Fig. d is an en solarged cross sectional view taken on the line4ld oi 3.

My improved ripping needle comprises a body portion 1 which may hecylindrical or other sniteloie shape for engagement with the socket inthe needle hair oil a sewing; niechine in which improved ripping-.needle is secured in the same manner as on ordi nsry sewing needle. @nthe lower end of the hody portion 1 of the needle is s reduced flattenedblede 2, the outer end of which is tapered on opposite sides to form achisel or cuttingedge 8 in which is formed an inverted l -shaped notchi.

The notched edge oi the needle provides two sharp thread cutting points5 which when the needle is operated enter the perforations lid stein tqniclzl shown in acconi greetljy enlr eed or is inonner to out the scopeor points t; 4. whet A mot/( i (I, clesrl y l l? toe needles i may no 3Ul roin tron tslrten in connecti i i draw and operation oi the inventionwill he irinp; inore i7 arions changes Mid minor details of con onionmay he resorted to without departing" from. the principle or sacrificingany ot the advanot the invention as claimed.

l-lavinp; thus pzozticnlerlf/ described my invention, whet ll claim is:

As an article oft inennitactnre. the Liorein described ripping needletor sewing; ll1tchines cornprisinp; a shani: having an en largedcylindrical body portion a. reduced flattened extension forming acontinuation of seid hod y portion and providing a cut ting hlade thelatter having; right angular corners and two wide perallel side faces,the lower end of ssid c1 hlade having its list opposite side facesbeveled toward each other and the extremity oi the blade and saidbeveled portions being" formed with s t shsped notch of less depth thanssid hev elcd portion, whereby two oppositely positioned points areformed and which ere separated for the purpose described.

lln testimony whereof l hare hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GUSTAl/l l A.

ll l'itnessesz i-lnriann G. Boner, MAE (CARROLL.

